The ophanim, alternatively spelled auphanim or ofanim, and also called galgalim, refer to the wheels seen in Ezekiel's vision of the chariot in Ezekiel 1:15–21. One of the Dead Sea Scrolls construes t
A traditional depiction of the chariot vision by Matthaeus (Matthäus) Merian (1593-1650), based on the description in Ezekiel, with an ʼōp̄ān on the right side.